Toy car.



No. 654,628. Patented my 3|, 1900.4

F.. H. HARRIS.

TOY CAR.

(Application leduly 17, 1899.)

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F. H. HARRIS.

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i FRANK HARRISON HARRIS, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

TOY OAR.

SPECIFIGATIONformng part f Letters Patent No. 654,628, dated July 31, 1900.

Application filed July 17, 1899.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, .FRANK HARRISON HAR- RIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

It is the object of my invention to obtain a construction of toy car formed of sheet metal which may be easily manufactured and which when complete is almost the exact semblance of a vestibuled car'.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of my toy car. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionthrough the vestibule and end of the car. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the end portions of the two sections comprising my car detached. Fig. 5 is a plan ofthe blank forming one section of my car. Figs. 6 and 7are plans of the blank of the complementary section, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a modification.

The car comprises the sections A and B, which are formed from blanks of sheet metal. The section A forms the roof and sides ofthe car, and the section B the fioor, platforms, and vestibnles. More in detail, the section A consists of a portion o, which is bent to form the roofof the car and is preferably provided with the 'usual upper deck ZJ, having a series of apertures c for the transoms.

Upon opposite sides of the section A are formed the downwardly-bent sides d. These are provided with apertures e, corresponding to the windows of the car and having a bead j", formed therearound in semblance of Window-frames. At the lower edges of these sides are formed the tongues g, by means of which the section is secured to the Hoor-section of the car.

The section B comprises the floor portion h, and the platform portion t at each end thereof, preferably of lesser width than the oor and having the steps j struck down from the opposite sidesthereof. The vestibule is formed by a portion 7c at. the end of the platform struck up at right anglesthereto to form the end of the vestibule, and ateach side of this por-tion 7a are portions turned at right angles Serial No. 724,166. (No model.)

and formed in semblance of the doors of the vestibule. To form the appearance of the usual yielding vestibule plates or hoods, the portion 7c is preferably bent upon the lines m and n to produce an offset in the shape of said vestibule-plates. The arched top of this offset portion is formed of a portion o, bentat right angles from the top of the portion k. From the sides of the door extend the portions p, which are bent downward to form the sides of the truck-frame. The sides of the floor are also provided with apertured ears q, Withwhich the tongues g are adapted to engage, and the arch o is provided with a tongue r, adapted to engage withv an aperture s, formed at the end of the deck-roof.

In assembling the parts the tongues g are engaged. with the apertured ears q and the tongue o with the apertures s and are bent to hold the parts in engagement. The sides d will then overlap the doors Z, and the roof u, will cover the vestibule, so that the toyhas almost the exact appearance of a vestibule-car.

Instead of forming the section A4 from a single blank I may construct it as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, in which the roof a' extends uninterruptedly across between the sides d, and the upper deck is formed of a separate section C. This section is formed as shown in Fig. 7, and consists of the deck-roof b and the projections c', bent downward to form the sides of the deck,with the windows c between. One or more of these projections c' is provided with an extension c2, forming a tongue adapted to engage with a corresponding aperture o? in the root' a. This construction is more easily formed than the one shown in the other figures, and I preferably employ it in place thereof. l

What I claim as my invention isl. A toy car comprising two sections one consisting of a roof portion and downwardlyprojecting sides, and the other a floor portion, an upwardly-projecting end portion and door portions, bent at Aright angles to said end; and securing means for said sections comprising a hooked tongue on the one engaging with a slit in the other.

2. A toy car comprising two sheet-metal sections one forming the sides and roof and the other theiioor and vestibules and secur- IOO ing means for said sections consisting of ar IOl series of downwardly-projecting tongueson said sides, a corresponding series of slitte'd ears projecting laterally from the Hoor with which said tongues are enga-ged and a tongue at the top of the vestibules engaging a slit in the end of the roof.

3. A toy ear comprising twosheet-metal sections one forming the roof and sides, and'- the other the floor and vestibule, the latter comprising an end portion struck upfrom an v extension of the floor, and door portions agie-2s fseetions one forming the sides and roof and the other the floor and vestibulegthe latter com# prising an end portion struekup from an extension of the floor and door portions; formed .from lateral extensions of saidend portion bent at right angles thereto, a. bead formed .at the yedge of said side and Iroof overlapping v said door portion and acomplementary bead formed at the corner between said end portion and door. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signatiire lin presence of two witnesses.

A p i FRANK HARRISON HARRIS. Witnesses: v

HARRY M. KELSEY,

D. SEGUR. 

